This is one of those ridiculous personal observations based upon nothing except my own highly partial and arbitrary opinion.
Ever notice that there is a dichotomy of offence in the Christian world? Let us divide Christian North America into two realms for the sake of this discussion – the conservative and the liberal (I know the lines between the two are often blurred and both groups often don’t even know how to or care to define themselves…). The typical conservative tends to get fairly bent out of shape when it comes to sex and sexuality but usually doesn’t give violence much of a second thought. On the other hand the typical liberal Christian gets all twisted out of shape when it comes to violence but portrayals of sex and sexuality is usually passed over as relatively harmless (certainly in comparison to violence). What is the root of these differing perspectives?
In terms of scripture the Bible is certainly not anti-sex but definitely lays out the ground rules for it – there’s fornication (BAD) and then there’s sex within the bonds of marriage (GOOD). I would like to think that conservative’s primary issues with sex have to do with fornication but I suspect that the portrayal of sexuality within and outside of the bonds of marriage would garner a similar reaction.
Now the Bible has a great deal to say about violence (and certainly there is a great deal of violence in the Bible), and unlike sex it is difficult to find Biblical evidence that God has ordained a certain scenario within which violence can be celebrated and indulged in.
Now if we were to blend the two extremes into one perspective you would get one of three types of Christian:
1. A Christian who avoids both sex and violence in culture
2. A Christian who embraces both sex and violence
3. A Christian who knows God’s will in the extremes (pornography (BAD), snuff films (BAD) and seeks God’s will in the gray areas.
You guess which would be the most likely outcome…
Harnessing Chaos 
Hey dude
interesting that in trying to define violence and sex with our viewpoints on the words, I wonder how God sees and defines them. is violence still violence, or does His purpose enable it to be defined as something else. Christianity means many different things it seem. but not to God. His sight is so clear it is only our poor wordings and view that fog the image.philosophical I know. does Jesus show us better words to define tese mysteries.
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I think that there are a good amount of Christians who like to think that they are within the bounds of God\’s mercy in their life when it comes to their outlook on violence and sex, and it is probably true; His mercy is endless. The rewards they will have in their life, however, are then limited by their own actions, and God may be the God of massacre and miracles in days of old, but he has been clear from the beginning of time that sexual immorality and murder are abominations to him. If you fall into the second type, get out while you can! Good luck to all who fall in catagory 3, and "What\’s up my brothers and sisters in cat 1!!"
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